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I know what you mean. At the start of the last season all I wanted was a Pick 6 type game, pick the top finishers each race, done. By the time I learned all the rules and nuances at Speed I was really enjoying the strategic challenge. I wished I would have figured it all right away because I missed out on easy points in a few races and could have been higher up the order...which meant I was looking forward to starting the season the right way this year...

Oh well, moving on...

 

Welcome, and yes, in the US Speed broadcasts most of the races. Fox usually carries four of them, as they apparently will again this year

Click here for Speed's F1 race schedule, then click the "TV Schedule" button for the broadcast schedule. You'll then need to scroll down as they still have the 2011 schedule at the top of the list at this point.

It's far from a perfect (or even useful) schedule since there aren't any times. It looks like all they're doing there is identifying which network will cover which races.

F1 races shown on Speed are shown live, with a pre-race show usually starting a half hour early. Because of the global spread of venues this means most races are broadcast by Speed at what appear to be odd hours. There are other places where you can find actual race times but you can always check the countdown and exact timing at the official F1 site here.

The Fox broadcasts are usually delayed; on the day but in a time slot they think is appropriate here in the US...usually noon-ish.

 

17 days out and Speed's game still isn't accessible. I imagine Jerry is right, they're probably still working on it...or maybe it's me, is anyone else able to get to it?

I decided to sign up for Autosport's game today. So far it looks simple. The long list below may seem to argue otherwise but as far as I can tell it's still pretty simple regardless of extra and bonus points awarded based primarily on those same top 10 picks. Looks like you also guess which driver will run the fastest lap in the race, not sure what else there is to do.

After you sign up and name your team you can also create a league, so we can have a Motoring Alliance F1 Team there if we like. I can't tell whether there are any prizes for leagues.

FYI, once you're in, the Autosport connection all but disappears (other than in the URL), and it's simply the Castrol Edge Grand Prix Predictor.

I signed in today and found the following note:

Lifted from the "How to Play" tab:

 

Once I understood Speed's game I enjoyed it but I like this one too. I'll set up an M/A league and post the code here.

If Speed gets their stuff together I'll play there too if anyone wants to do that as well.

 

Holy crap that's a heck of a code: e7fe8f7fd377491eb6a8f25c62d42fe7

If you sign up for the Autosport / Castrol Edge Grand Prix Predictor you can also join the Motoring Alliance F1 Team league by entering the code above or, apparently, you can click this team link.

 

I checked at the Speed site just now and noticed they've even deleted the GP Fantasy sub-tab from their Formula 1 page. Then I remembered being confused all last season that the Speed announcers were constantly pushing the Pirelli GP Challenge instead of their own. I get the feeling Speed dropped theirs...could be wrong of course, time will tell.

In the meantime, looks like Pirelli give out a LOT more prizes than Speed and there are just three things to predict at each race. Check out the how to play and prizes tabs: Pirelli GP Challenge.

I already signed up hoping to get access to more details but can't find an option for a team or league...

I think I'll play this one in addition to the Castrol/Autosport one...maybe.